“It is frightfully difficult to know much about the fairies, and almost the only thing for certain is that there are fairies wherever there are childr...

Anson Jones boarded a ship at Galveston on Jul. 11, 1838 for the long, roundabout trip to Washington, D.C. As much as the Massachusetts native dreaded...

Senate passes tax bill as second special session begins The Texas Senate on the first day of the Legislature’s second special session unanimously pass...

Have you taken a break today? I often have to ask myself this, purely out of forgetfulness. I feel like we can consume ourselves too much with what we...

Dear Editor: Thank you Free Press/News Dispatch for covering the Milestone Hays Commons issue in Hays City (and the other Milestone proposals in Buda)...

Dear Editor: Just Like a Nut That Falls . . . . . . . I'm a little cracked that's all. Boom, Boom, here comes my Kitty Cart, my Bus . . . . to take me...

Abbott vetoes bills; feud with Patrick grows Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick claimed last week that Gov. Greg Abbott is sabotaging the Senate’s work because of t...

“No, no!” said the Queen. “Sentence first—verdict afterwards.” —Chapter 12, Alice’s Evidence ——— “There is a source somewhere that has potentially vio...

Central figure in Paxton case charged The Austin real estate developer who is at the heart of Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment was arraigned ...

It was midday on a Saturday (the day before Mother’s Day). I was sitting in my home office, more than an hour into a video interview for the third sto...